DECON AMB CHEM CONTAMINATED CASUALITIES

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Subject: DECON AMB CHEM CONTAMINATED CASUALITIES                         

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         instruction.     5.# Mark wound as contaminated per shipboard

                          6.# Bandages usually will not be replaced outside
         sickbay or battle dressing station; however, be prepared to
         control hemorrhage when bandages are removed by reapplying clean
         bandages.

                      (k) Casualty will leave decon station via shuffle box
         filled with HTH and report to medical.

             c. U.S. Marine Corps personnel decontamination standards are
         contained in reference (e).

             d. Supplementary medical information

                  (1) Cut the clothing around tourniquets, bandages, or
         splints.

                  (2) Leave the tourniquet, bandages, or splints in place.

                  (3) After the overgarments and uniform are removed

                      (a) Tourniquets

                          1.# Place a new tourniquet 1/2- to 1-inch proxi-
         mal to the old tourniquet.

                          2.# Remove old tourniquet.

                          3.# Decontaminate the skin around the wound with
         an M291 skin decontamination kit or a 0.5 percent aqueous hypo-
         chlorite solution.


                      (b) Bandages

                          1.# Cut off old bandage.

                          2.# Decontaminate the skin as stated in paragraph
         3d(3)(a)3 of this enclosure.

                          3.# Replace the bandage if necessary to control
         severe bleeding.

                  (4) If the Triage Officer has directed that splints are
         not to be removed, decontaminate with a 0.5 percent aqueous
         hypochlorite solution.

                  (5) Contaminated tourniquets, bandages, and splints are
         bagged and disposed with the contaminated clothing.




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Subject = DECON AMB CHEM CONTAMINATED CASUALITIES
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Document Date =
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 24-DEC-1996